Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- A New University
- De Grey Rooms
- Clifford's Tower
- Rowntree Park
- Central Methodist Chapel
- King Richard II and York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Is York Cursed?
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Gold Arm Ring
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Viking Male Grooming
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head